I forgot to provide a blog on a recent event I attended with work mates. We entered an 'Engineering Team Challenge' which was run through the local Institute of Civil Engineers.
Group pose
The challenge involved team exercises such as rafting down a creek, crossing the creek with just some rope and logs, and other similar exercises. Our team - 'Ken's Kids' ended up triumphant at the end of the day, and we duely celebrated that evening with Beers and Ciders! For our efforts, Faber Maunsell in their wisdom provided additional bonus's of vouchers, and a write up in the national newsletter, etc. We only have photos of after the event, as during it we were fired up to win and had no time to stop and take photos.
After the first event, myself and a few other lads are still wet from swimming in the freezing cold creek!
In addition to this we were treated to a Dinner from the Institute (which was a month later) at the Knights Templar Bar.
Winning the Trophy
11.12.2006 Dinner at 'The Knights Templar'
We started off with a few local ciders and beers at the Shakespeare Pub which is right next door to work. Then we headed to the Knights Templar for dinner. The night was entertaining, due mainly to our consumption of cider, and we were all feeling a bit worse for wear the next day....
Pear Cider.... tastes like liquid bubblegum
Ken's Kids in all their Glory.
12.12.2006 Faber Maunsell Work Christmas Dinner
The next night we had our work Christmas Party. It was held at the Byzantium, which is only about 2 minutes walk from our place - very handy. The Dinner was a fancy dress 'heroes and villans' theme, and most who attended were dressed up for the occasion. Nada dressed as Cleopatra, and I was Julius Ceasar for the night (both courtesy of hired outfits). Again we partook in sampling the local wines and spirits, however we made a discreet exit at around midnight, and left the rest of the partygoers to dance the night away. As it was on a Tuesday night, many people didn't make it into work on Wednesday, and others had the day off. It was a quiet day in the office, due to this fact.
Hail Ceasar!
Zoe (Superwoman), Nada (Cleopatra) and Adam (Kevin Peterson)
Shrek
Pirates Ahoy (Greg, Alastair, Phil)
Steve and Marge Simpson (Julie)
Dr Evil
Attacking the Socceroo Referee from the World Cup!
Crocodile Dundee and Co...
Ed on his pony, with more work mates. This is later on in the night, after many beers...
Crocodile lovin
13.12.2006 DJute at the Louisianna
On Wednesday night, we went to see Julie's (a friend from work) band, 'DJute' at the Louisianna (15 mins walk from home). DJute are a 4 piece band, and play a mixture of rock and pop, much of it original music. The venue was upstairs in an old converted house that is now a pub. It was very humid and muggy upstairs due to lack of airconditioning and no windows. But it was a great gig.
After 3 solid days of entertainment, it was very much a quiet night on Thursday for us.
1 comment:
Those are some pretty classic pictures from the party. Wish I could have made it out but from all the stories I feel like I was there anyways.
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